Posted 24 January 2024

If WW3 happens what happens to the banks?

Will they all just suddenly disappear over night? And all the money in them gone?
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  1. C.G.B.Spender's avatar
    I think a certain priority shift is in order, if there's bombs dropping, your last concern should be some made up imaginary number inside a bank's computer which you believe constitutes something akin to wealth.
    Ben10's avatar
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    So you are just going to forget about all your money then?

    Maybe thats what they want to get rid of money when in reality people could have 1000s disappear over night the perfect crime for them to get rich all while 1 bomb drop in London that starts WW3 and you live in say Newcastle
  2. Ben10's avatar
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    1,600 job cuts at Lloyds banking group over 700 net loss they are already planning for it closing banks all over the place getting ready for it(confused)

    I just cant imagine what a world would be like where 1 bomb drops then the rest with no banks and the cash machine does not work. It is all over it will be like mad max the country will turn on itself (edited)
    psychobitchfromhell's avatar
    There will be no shops to spend the money in anyway, and nothing to spend it on. Lack of an atm machine would be the least of your worries.
  3. scaffolder's avatar
    If WW3 starts then WW4 will be fought with sticks and stones as none of us will be here (edited)
    Renoir64's avatar
    I must say I didn't expect to see Albert Einstein quoted on here today.
  4. aLV426's avatar
    No & no...
    Ben10's avatar
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    So if they drop big bombs and you live think the banks are still going run?
  5. Ferris's avatar
    What happens to the banks? As usual, they win.
  6. Admast79's avatar
    Money will be worthless.
    Gold, silver, fuel, food and toilet paper.

    That would be currency, if we will live long enough.
    Zek's avatar
    What can I buy for one sheet of 2 ply?
  7. psychobitchfromhell's avatar
    according to the op, the war is going to be in England, so I'm safe up here in the north. If anyone would like me to look after their money for them until after the English armageddon, just let me know
    Wongy111's avatar
    That seems to have disappeared

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  8. imavillan's avatar
    with all the recent (10/20years) and current cock ups by the West it should be titled when, not if !!!!
  9. mutley1's avatar
    yes, they will be closed like when covid happens and all the money will be taken by the government to fund the war. this is why i keep a lot of cash at home in case

    when you watch apocolyptic movies, you always see people raiding the banks when chaos breaks out as they know they need to get their money out before they can't.
  10. Dinje's avatar
    Keep it in a Swiss bank account, full of gold from ill gotten means from governments and rich people, thats why its always neutral and never invaded, a secret agreement between governments not to invade, so they can have their money safe. Still full of gold from the aftermath of WW2
  11. weeZl's avatar
    The government will bail them out . Again
    iCrazyCarrots's avatar
    Government i.e the taxpayer will bail them out you mean!
  12. bozo007's avatar
    I would have thought someone named Ben10 would have enough superpowers already to stop anything from happening.
  13. splatsplatsplat's avatar
    Do you think J20 bottle caps would be just as good as Bud light?
    Uridium's avatar
    Worth a lot more, in terms of currency nothing is worth less than Bud light nowadays.
  14. nemesiz's avatar
    Better start collecting Coke Cola Bottle Caps.

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    Ben10's avatar
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    Worth a fortune if the bombs drop but you will need cash to buy them
  15. 001Cisco's avatar
    I would like to ask what's happen to mortgage when it get bombed...
    Probably still need to pay the debt? (edited)
  16. Roger_Irrelevant's avatar
    To help mitigate the new "Axis of Evil":

    - Data Centres need to be relocated deep underground.
    - All Huawei street cabinets/home modems need to be replaced with those manufactured by UK or friendly countries.
    - Pivot away from cheap goods from unfriendly states as above.
    - Undersea data/power cables need protecting.
    - Need to mitigate against cheap swarms of (say remotely controlled) "combat" drones.
    - Close all unofficial "Police Stations" on UK Soil operated by unfriendly states.
    - DragonFire needs *massive* investment to miniaturise, scale up.
    - etc.

    There are other measures required. It's a New World Order now, hopefully MI5, MI6 n GCHQ et. al. are ahead of the curve on all this.
    qbs's avatar
    And pigs might fly. Read more leCarre and less Fleming.
  17. Wongy111's avatar
    It depends on what you mean by WW3 I suppose ?
    in a nuclear armageddon you are going to be worried about food/water that is safe to eat/drink and not much else.
  18. SaturdayGigs's avatar
    Another wind up
  19. smush's avatar
    That's why I put all my savings into CryptoZoo. No way I'm getting caught short if it all goes belly up.
  20. Zek's avatar
    All those ones and zeros turn to plain zero's, thanks Trevelyn
  21. thepostie's avatar
    Cash it out and decorate your walls in notes.
  22. Hacked's avatar
    What's the wrestling got to do with banks?

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    Ben10's avatar
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    Got to learn how to wrestle if you want to stop alive in a world with no banks it will be everyone for themselves it will turn into a mad max world where the people that can fight and wrestle will live and the people that think money will not be important will not (edited)
  23. indigonile's avatar
    According to its advocates, the banks are overrated, so we can all use bitcoin in the future.

    Obviously, we would need to have electricity and functioning internet connectivity to access the blockchain, but yes, bitcoin is the way to go.

    Personally, I think Bartertown from Mad Max is the more likely scenario.
  24. Wongy111's avatar
    Whatever mate
    better than the usual boring posts anyway
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  25. iCrazyCarrots's avatar
    There will only be a WW3 if it’s in an episode of the Simpsons.
    Ben10's avatar
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    They did in 16th Simpsons short? Homer makes a bunker for it
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  28. The_narrow_path's avatar
    CBDC, you'll be forced to accept it into a new worldwide digital currency.
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